ZZ Top's Billy Gibbons drops opening act after Facebook post

posted by DeWayne & Tamme -
Nov 12, 2018

ZZ Top guitaristBilly Gibbons has dropped opening actBenton Blount from hisBig Bad Blues solo tour after the one-timeAmerica's Got Talentcontestant posted photos on Facebook of himself in a MAGA hat, holding a Chick-Fil-A sandwich and drink and wearing an "I Voted" sticker on Election Day.

The Fox Carolinawebsite, based in Blount's hometown Greenville, South Carolina, reported the news on Thursday. They then updated it to include a statement from Gibbons publicist that Blount was "disinvited to continue the tour because of a creative decision.”

Following the news that he'd been canned, Blount -- who had three shows left with Gibbons -- wrote on Facebook, "I was banned from Facebook (for 24 hours) and now I’ve just been banned from my opening spot on the Billy Gibbons tour. But suppression of Conservative opinion doesn’t happen and it doesn’t effect [sic] your career.”